Where Avery earns its living
Avery has 76 jobs, against 121 working residents. Hardly any work in Avery itself; outside it, Modesto draws the most (6%, 52 miles). For 10% of workers, the job is at home, against 17% across California.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Avery by day and by night
On a workday 120 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Avery on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.63 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Avery goes to work
Where Avery clocks in
6% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What Avery’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Avery, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 76. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Avery’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Avery
of Avery workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 114 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Avery commutes less than 83 miles
About 73% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Around Avery: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Avery workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avery | – | — | — | — | $47,056 |
| Hathaway Pines | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hathaway Pines: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Avery’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Avery: questions
What is the median household income in Avery?
$47,056 (±$22,505) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Avery?
19.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Avery work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Modesto (6%, 52 mi), Arnold (5%, 3 mi), Murphys (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Avery without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Avery, from the people who make the trip.
More of Avery
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.